Lillian Smith quotes

Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve. (Lillian Smith)
When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die. View quote
Lillian Smith
The human heart dares not stay away too long from that which hurt it most. There is a return journey to anguish that few of us are released from making. View quote
Lillian Smith
Man, born of woman, has found it a hard thing to forgive her for giving him birth. The patriarchal protest against the ancient matriarch has borne strange fruit through the years. View quote
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We need not feel ashamed of flirting with the zodiac. The zodiac is well worth flirting with. View quote
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To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave the future open. View quote
Lillian Smith